News from September 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 25, 2013 - The House of Representatives today approved, by a unanimous vote of 367-0, H. Res 354, to amend the Senate’s amendment to H.R. 527, the Helium Stewardship Act. The Helium Stewardship Act, as amended by the House, is a bipartisan, common sense action plan to preserve...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Jacob Daniel West, 34, has been ordered to prison for 13 years following his conviction of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. West pleaded guilty July 11, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 25-year-old Julio Adrian Pesqueira-Galaviz, to the statutory maximum of 15 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his leadership role in a scheme to illegally purchase firearms in the U.S. then smuggle...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been indicted on federal charges in connection with a robbery in Leawood in which a restaurant manager was shot, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - In response to reports that the Obama Administration is considering new regulations to give unions’ multi-employer health plans a special ObamaCare deal that other Americans wouldn’t be eligible for, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Virgil Running Bear, Jr., age 40, of Bismarck, North Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Sept. 23, 2013, and pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Sept. 25, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, VERN THOMAS GARDIPEE, a 49-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the federally recognized Chippewa Cree Indian Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SEAN HOLLAND pled guilty to a wire fraud scheme whereby he embezzled money from a condominium association for which he served as bookkeeper.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the August jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 169,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for August decreased to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent in July.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Acting Chiricahua National Monument (NM) Superintendent Robert Love announced today that the entire Bonita Canyon Campground is now fully open. Portions of the campground have been closed since early July, due to the potential of significant flash flooding during the monsoon. “The safety of park visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Second Defendant Also Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Bribe Former New York State Assemblymember Nelson Castro.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An individual found in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Sept. 23, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individuals were arraigned.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to former U.S. Rep. Ellen O’Kane Tauscher (D-CA), Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, calling on the Alliance to take an active role in increasing awareness and understanding of workers’ rights in Bangladesh’s garment factories.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement after Treasury Secretary Lew informed Congress today that the United States will hit the limit of its borrowing authority no later than Oct. 17...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 12 months and 1 day in jail on his conviction for possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in 22 states that will help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce their energy consumption and costs. Funding will also allow producers to use renewable energy technologies in their operations and conduct...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that David McLean, 50, a suspended City Commissioner for the city of Margate and board member on the Margate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Franklin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley chiropractor, who was the second highest Medicare biller in California for chiropractic services, pled guilty yesterday to healthcare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347.
